Fairfax County Government Holds Town Meeting On West Nile Virus

Fairfax County Government Holds
Town Meeting On West Nile Virus

On Tuesday, Sept. 30, members of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
and a panel of experts from the Fairfax County Health Department will
host a Mosquito Management and West Nile virus Town Meeting beginning at
7 p.m. at the Fairfax County Government Center, located at 12000
Government Center Parkway in Fairfax.

Board Chairman Katherine K. Hanley will open the program and introduce
the panelists who will present valuable information about mosquito
management and the West Nile virus. Health Director Dr. Gloria
Addo-Ayensu will describe the potential health impacts of the disease.
She will be followed by Jorge Arias, Ph.D. and Dennis Hill who will speak
about the history of the disease, steps Fairfax County has taken to
manage mosquitoes in the county and protective actions citizens can take
in and around their homes.

Following these presentations the panel will answer questions submitted
from the audience, via telephone and through e-mail to fightthebite@fairfaxcounty.gov.
People who are interested in this subject but unable to travel to the
Government Center can view the program live on Fairfax County Cable
Channel 16 or via the Internet on the new Channel 16 Live, which is video
streamed on the World Wide Web. To view the program go to the county Web
site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov and select Channel 16 Live.

Channel 16 Live is a new video streaming capability recently launched by
the county to allow citizens and business owners to keep in touch with
what’s happening in Fairfax County. This will be the first community
meeting broadcast on Channel 16 Live.

For additional information on this event call 703-324-3187, TTY
703-324-2935.

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